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The Colorado Health Foundation made a four-year grant of more than $1.75 million to the Central Colorado Area Health Education Center to support scholarships for health professionals.

The purpose is to help meet a shortage of health professionals in Colorado, particularly in rural and urban areas. The program will give out 48 scholarships — 33 to nurse practitioners, physician assistants and behavioral health graduate-level students, and the remaining 12 to medical, pharmacy and dental students who wish to work in rural and underserved urban areas in the state.

MATCHING GRANT: The Brin Wojcicki Foundation, based in San Jose, Calif., donated $50,000 to Denver-based Jeremy Bloom’s Wish of a Lifetime, and also made a $50,000 matching grant challenge through May 28. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andme, a personal genetics company, created the foundation.

IN 2011: Slifer Designs donated more than $46,000 in financial, product and in-kind services in 2011, with $34,000 going to Walking Mountains Science Center and the rest split among Bright Futures, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Design Council, First Descents, Round Up River Ranch and Vail Valley Foundation.

SCHOOLS GRANTS: The Colorado Legacy Foundation awarded a total of $42,000 to 32 schools, its 2012 Healthy School Champions, at its 2012 Healthy Schools Summit.

FOR GIRL SCOUTS: The Girl Scouts of Colorado have been awarded five grants recently. They include $12,000 from Wells Fargo, $9,000 from FirstBank, $7,500 from AT&T, $5,000 from Denver Post Foundation and $5,000 from Van Gilder Insurance.

Compiled by Bruce Goldberg, Good Works reports on charitable giving and volunteer work by businesses and foundations. Email items to denvergoodworks@bizjournals.com.

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